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28 January 2021
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Oil & gas, Power, Transport

Nord Stream 2 – completion is so near and yet so far

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany has only 150 kilometres of pipeline left to lay, but increased sanctions from the US and now calls to...

22 July 2020

TXF-ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance 2020

The 11th edition of the ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance incorporates the views of 346 respondents in 85 countries - from international banks to regional and local...

12 November 2019

A path through the zigs and zags: TXF Commodity Finance Report 2019

This year's edition of TXF’s Commodity Finance Market Report comprises the insights of 173 traders, bankers, alternative financiers, lawyers, brokers, borrowers and...

04 June 2019

Expert briefing: I just don’t see it folks! Why blockchain consortia may be wrong on trade

Markus (Maex) Ament is at odds with the private/permissioned route that most blockchain consortia are taking to blockchain in general, and trade and supply chains in...

12 October 2015

BPO and short-term credit insurance

By Markus Wohlgeschaffen, global head of trade products, UniCredit and member of the banking advisory board, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and Andre Casterman,...

12 June 2015

KfW IPEX arranges export credit financing for Iceland silicon project

KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged a $194 million export credit financing transaction for the German firm PCC SE to build a state-of-the-art silicon metal production plant in...

18 March 2015

KfW IPEX and BayernLB arrange Uruguay wind farm financing

The German state-owned bank, KfW IPEX-Bank, has teamed up with BayernLB to arrange a $224 million financing for the Pampa wind farm in Uruguay. Total investment cost of...

07 November 2014

Istanbul hosts SME-focused ICC Banking community

More than 400 trade finance practitioners gathered in Turkey’s cultural and commercial capital Istanbul this week for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking...

29 October 2014

ICC makes Banking Commission leadership changes

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed six new advisory board members to its Banking Commission, and three new Technical Advisors on the ICC Trade...

29 October 2014

Supply chain finance: What’s in a name?

Tackling terminology now could be a stitch in time for the supply chain finance industry - but it will not be an easy ride

10 October 2014

Ambitious ITFA revamp looks to the future

Hesham Zakai reports on changes taking place within the International Forfaiting Association.

03 October 2014

KfW IPEX to finance Finnish onshore wind farm

The German state-owned development bank, KfW IPEX-Bank, will provide a €100 million ($126 million) for the construction of the Kuolavaara-Keulakkopään Tuulipuisto Oy wind...

12 September 2014

Ambitious ITFA revamp looks to the future

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA), formerly the International Forfaiting Association (IFA), has undergone an ambitious revamp focused on playing a...

19 August 2014

Finnvera reiterates commitment to Russia

The Finnish export credit agency Finnvera has reiterated its support for Finnish exporters to Russia. The statement comes even in the height of the troubled geopolitical...

11 August 2014

KfW IPEX finances equipment for Brazil wood processing sector

KfW IPEX-Bank is providing export credit financing amounting to €51 million ($68.3 million) to Brazilian-based Berneck Painéis e Serrados (Berneck).

11 July 2014

Philippines San Gabriel power plant gets Hermes-backed financing

What is being branded as ‘the most efficient power plant in South-East Asia’ is to receive financing through a combination of loans from KfW IPEX-Bank and support from...

09 July 2014

KfW IPEX arranges major export finance for Siemag equipment to US

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed a $794 million loan with ~Big River Steel^, a company based in Arkansas, US, for the development of a new sheet ste

25 June 2014

KfW finances flow of iron ore from Canada

German export credit agency KfW IPEX - Bank is providing finance for the supply of raw materials into Germany and the rest of Europe in the form of a $100 million loan...

13 June 2014

KfW IPEX finances equipment for Turkey’s Kardemir

Germany’s KfW IPEX - Bank is financing the export of equipment to Turkey’s steel manufacturer Kardemir with an ECA-covered loan of €140 million ($190 million).

26 March 2014

SWIFT and essDOCS combine with electronic bills of lading for BPO

In an important development in the further provision of electronic trade, essDOCS, the leading shipping and trade eDocs provider, has announced two major projects...